Definition

the governor (not king) of a district

Etymology

from G1484 (ἔθνος) and G746 (ἀρχή);

Word family

• ἔθνος éthnos
• ἀρχή archḗ

How the KJV renders it

• ethnarch

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.